Ansel
Boy · AN-sel · Germanic
Ansel is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “god + helmet”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 1,138th for boys in the US (186 babies).
What does Ansel mean?
Germanic: short form of Anselm
“god + helmet”
Ansel Adams was the celebrated American photographer of Yosemite and the American West.
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Is Ansel a girl's or a boy's name?
Ansel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 186 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ansel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Ansel, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ansel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Ansel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Ansel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 186about 1 in 9,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 186 boys in the US were named Ansel, making it the 1,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,177th. It first appears in the records in 1882.
2025 had the most boys named Ansel of any year since it first appeared, in 1882.
Half of all the boys named Ansel in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ansel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 186 | #1,138 |
| 2024 | 153 | #1,286 |
| 2023 | 166 | #1,203 |
| 2022 | 146 | #1,300 |
| 2021 | 157 | #1,225 |
| 2020 | 163 | #1,177 |
| 2019 | 137 | #1,327 |
| 2018 | 171 | #1,128 |
| 2017 | 148 | #1,236 |
| 2016 | 160 | #1,183 |
| 2015 | 158 | #1,174 |
| 2014 | 109 | #1,485 |
| 2013 | 102 | #1,546 |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,015 |
| 2011 | 75 | #1,865 |
| 2010 | 75 | #1,897 |
| 2009 | 51 | #2,485 |
| 2008 | 63 | #2,139 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,164 |
| 2006 | 49 | #2,476 |
| 2005 | 70 | #1,834 |
| 2004 | 50 | #2,279 |
| 2003 | 45 | #2,345 |
| 2002 | 38 | #2,552 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 28 | #2,621 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,432 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,356 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,535 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 25 | #1,948 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 22 | #1,888 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,855 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1962 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,014 |
| 1955 | 19 | #1,790 |
| 1954 | 20 | #1,705 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,098 |
| 1952 | 22 | #1,614 |
| 1951 | 20 | #1,682 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,878 |
| 1949 | 21 | #1,615 |
| 1948 | 21 | #1,610 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,849 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,493 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,327 |
| 1943 | 32 | #1,214 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,532 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,433 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,439 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,528 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,463 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 1933 | 31 | #1,181 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,548 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,427 |
| 1930 | 37 | #1,151 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1928 | 37 | #1,165 |
| 1927 | 33 | #1,267 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1925 | 44 | #1,040 |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,133 |
| 1923 | 51 | #961 |
| 1922 | 47 | #1,032 |
| 1921 | 40 | #1,122 |
| 1920 | 36 | #1,208 |
| 1919 | 46 | #999 |
| 1918 | 31 | #1,256 |
| 1917 | 39 | #1,062 |
| 1916 | 49 | #892 |
| 1915 | 42 | #962 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 1913 | 32 | #855 |
| 1912 | 22 | #970 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 9 | #852 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 9 | #738 |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 13 | #538 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 8 | #699 |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 7 | #758 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
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